1. SACRAMENTO, CA. —The California Department of Corrections has submitted a 42-page plan to resume the execution of prisoners at San Quentin State Prison. Public hearings on the plan are scheduled for June 30. Executions have been on hold since US. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled that California’s lethal injection procedures are “broken” in 2007.
2. MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn.—Former death row inmate freed after spending more than two decades in prison. His release came after a Supreme Court ruling granting a new trial after DNA tests revealed inconsistencies in the prosecutions case.
3. HARTFORD, Conn.— Connecticut’s House of Representatives voted on a bill to eliminate the state’s death penalty. If the bill wins, the death penalty will be replaced with offenders receiving life sentence without chance of parole.
4. WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court will review whether sentencing Juvenile offenders to life sentences is cruel and unusual punishment. The court will hear the cases of two Florida men who were sentenced at young ages to life in prison in the fall term.
5. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Former Jail official was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after being convicted of using excessive force on inmates in two separate jail facilities. Five other jail officials were also entered guilty pleas in the beatings.
6. BOSTON, Mass.—Legislation to limit access to criminal records of offenders released from prison has been filed by Gov. Deval Patrick. The measure will make it easier for ex-offenders to find housing and employment after incarceration.
7. McALESTER, Okla.—Donald Lee Gilson, 48, was executed May 14. Gilson was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 8-year old son, but proclaimed innocence up to the time of his execution.
8. ATMORE, Alabama — Willie McNair, 44 was executed May 14 at Holman Prison. He was the fourth person executed in the state this year.
9. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas death row prisoner has been charged for smuggling cell phones into the prison where he is housed. 30-year-old Richard Lee Tabler caused a statewide lock down while officials looked for the cell phones.
10. FARGO, North Dakota— Journalist Roxana Saberi, 32, was released from an Iranian prison where she was serving an eight year sentence after being convicted of spying for the U.S. government last month. Her release comes after pressure for the Obama administration demanding her release.
11. NEW YORK CITY, NY— A Rikers Island inmate has contracted the swine flu. The inmate came into contact with more than 70 other inmates who were screened for the illness, none of them have the flu.